Intensifier

Definitions

1. That which intensifies.
2. A word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term.
3. A chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph.

Equivalents

Examples

““Plus-” and “doubleplus-” are both intensifiers that replace⟳ words of different extremities, and the words very and extremely respectively. So words like⟳ great, excellent and horrible are rendered redundant in Newspeak, replaced by “plusgood”, “doubleplusgood” and “doubleplusungood” respectively. Note⟳ how “un-” has to follow⟳ the intensifier prefix.”

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